Priory Farmhouse

TL 4843 ICKLETON ABBEY STREET (South-east side) 21/194 No. 49 (Priory Farmhouse) GV II Farmhouse. Early C16 with late C16 brew house to south-east partly incorporated into the original range with mid to late C17 double pile range to street and C19 extensions and alterations. Timber-framed and plastered, gault brick and painted brick. Red plain tiled and slated roofs. Two storeys. Street elevation C19 refonted and extended by one bay to left hand; main entrance with wooden reeded doorcase with corner bosses, recessed half glazed panelled door. One blind and two twenty-paned recessed hung sash windows, one blind and three sixteen-paned recessed hung sash first floor windows. End stack to right hand and ridge stack. Some C18 plaster in rear elevation and casement window with leaded lights. Interior: Exposed C16 and C17 timber-frame and floor frames; inserted C18 floor to brewery; reduced and rebuilt C18 kitchen hearth; early C19 details and staircase to main street range. Candle flame inscription dated 1722 in rear attic. Timber marks in brewery, IS x 69 x 19. The farmhouse is said to be on the site of Ickleton Priory. RCHM Report 1949 Pevsner Buildings of England. p.412

Listing NGR: TL4913443593